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In 2012, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act (Issue 5) qualified for vote on the statewide ballot. The act would have allowed non-profit organizations to grow and sell medical cannabis and additionally permitted patients who live over five miles from a legal dispensary to cultivate a small number of plants on their own property.
Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [2]
The Ark. Medical Marijuana Amendment is an amendment to the state's constitution that officially legalizes the distribution and possession of medical pot. Is it now legal to smoke weed in Arkansas?
2016: California, Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts approve ballot measures to legalize recreational cannabis. Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota approve ballot measures to legalize medical cannabis. 2017: West Virginia legalizes medical cannabis through state legislature. [62] 2017: Indiana passes a low-THC, high-CBD medical cannabis law. [63]
There is significant variation in medical cannabis laws from state to state, including how it is produced and distributed, how it can be consumed, and what medical conditions it can be used for. [2] The first state to effectively legalize medical cannabis was California in 1996, when voters approved Proposition 215 by a 56–44 margin.
It smells like weed, it tastes like weed and it smokes like weed. And it’s sold at smoke shops around the state. New, technically legal THC strains are sold across NC.
The NAACP has been strong supporters of the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act – H.R. 1523 and has reached out to members of congress to get this act passed. [160] This act is designed to decrease penalties for low-level marijuana possession and supports prohibiting federal enforcement of marijuana laws in states which have lesser penalties. [161]
Here's what to know about buying medical marijuana in N.C. More: Historic medical marijuana dispensary opens in Cherokee, NC, 1st in the state Is marijuana legal in North Carolina?